Articles from the September 27, 2012 edition
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After slow start, Cards race past Riverside 42-6
Elijah Farmen's three interceptions help Medical Lake roll over Rams 42-6 for first 4-0 start in a decade By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter After racing to a big victory the week before over Newport in the start of Northeast A League...
Avista rate increases challeged by Utilities and Transportation Comission staff
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Staff members of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) recommended slashing millions of dollars from Avista's electric and natural gas rate increase request Wednesday, Sept. 19. In...
Write to the Point: There's more to Mitt Romney's controversial 47 percent comment than meets the eye
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor There is some light to be shined on Mitt Romney's comments about 47 percent of Americans before those comments are consigned to the historical dustbin. In surreptitiously recorded remarks at a May... Full story
In Our Opinion: Free speech questions stem from anti-Islamic video
Uprisings in the Middle East, sparked in Libya and Egypt have called into question the notion of free speech and its consequences. One of the big factors in the uprisings, according to the U.S. government, has been a low-budget...
Cheney High School 2012 spring quarter honor roll students
The following students were named to the Cheney High School honor roll for spring quarter 2012. Cody J. Ableman, Jeremy J. Alderman, Ashleigh A. Allington, Alexis M. Altmaier, Amy D. Anderson, Jay D. Anderson, Kalina N. Anderson,...
Blackhawks' swimmers nab three first places finishes at Clarkston
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney girls swimming team continued to show improvement in their lone dual meet last week. The Blackhawks notched their first individual event wins of the season last Thursday in Clarkston, even though... Full story
East Valley closes out 3-1 win over Cheney volleyball
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor East Valley showed the Cheney volleyball squad what it means to be a good closing team. If the league-leading Lady Knights (4-0, 4-2) weren't opening some big leads early they were rallying and extending lea...
Medical Lake breaks into win column for first time in 2012 by beating Liberty
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter It took six matches and a load of frustration but finally Medical Lake broke through into the volleyball win column last Saturday. With the help of some coaching strategy the Cardinals rallied to... Full story
Cardinals rally to top Riverside in wild Northeast A soccer opener
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake broke out of a dry spell in a big way last Thursday scoring more goals in one game than they had in their previous four with a 6-4 Northeast A League girls' soccer victory over Riverside...
Airway Heights council briefed on upgrades for Police Department
Assets from shared agency cases help fund new equipment By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Upgrades for the city's police department equipment dominated discussion at Airway Heights' City Council work session Monday, Sept. 25. After...
Cardinals claim twin wins at Connell Invite CC race
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter After Saturday's showing at the Connell Invitational cross country race there may not be many event organizers who choose to let Medical Lake race. Poor air conditions forced cancellation of the...
Stats show crime rates in Medical Lake down by 25 percent
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich addressed the Medical Lake City Council at its Tuesday, Sept. 18 meeting, as part of his regular semi-annual report to the city. Despite a recent report from...
Will Washington follow Oregon's lead on salmon-restoration approach ?
By CHRIS THOMAS Washington News Service SEATTLE - Federal agencies, conservation groups, fishermen and sportsmen, Native American tribes and dam managers have rarely all been in the same room – unless it's a courtroom – in the lon... Full story
New Spokane Fire District 3 training center will expand capabilities
Old shipping containers help firefighters lean to save lives and property By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter To some the scene might look like the remnants of a wayward freight train that somehow veered off the tracks and deposited...
Cheney author John Soennichsen receives state historical award
TACOMA – John Soennichsen, a Cheney resident and author, has been awarded the John McClelland Award for his Columbia magazine article, “A Toe in the Water: J. Harlen Bretz's First Field Exploration of Eastern Washington's Cha...
Free Press Sports Briefs for Sept. 27, 2012
Eastern to meet Southern Utah for first time in VB It's a busy weekend in Cheney and the Eastern Washington University volleyball team gets it all started with an anticipated match-up against new Big Sky member, Southern Utah,...
Cheney Historical Museum
It was on Sept. 25, 1858 that Colonel George Wright hung the Indian leader, Qualchan, at a bend along Latah creek. Six more Indian men were hanged the next day, forever changing the name of the creek to Hangman. Learn more about... Full story
Writing for the right reasons
A lifelong writer, EWU teacher earns second runner-up title for fiction award By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter For Polly Buckingham, writing is a life-long intrinsic passion. Buckingham, a Medical Lake resident and senior lecturer at...
Sports Week for Sept. 27, 2012
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Sept. 29, Eastern Washington hosts Montana, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, Eastern Washington hosts North Dakota, 5:05 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Thursday, Sept. 27, Eastern Washington hosts Southern Utah, 7...
Crunch Time for September 27, 2012
Seattle win is whopper of a story in NFL officiating debacle By JOHN McCALLUM Editor You know how sometimes when you go fishing you catch something that's too small, the wrong species or just so dang ugly that you don't want to...
Eagles, Griz tangle at Roos Saturday
Nationally-ranked teams always put on a show to remember FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS It's a long-awaited home opener for the Eastern Washington University football team, but one with plenty on the line. Meeting for the 11th time in...
Eagles relive past in Weber win
Late fumble recovery seals 32-26 Big Sky victory in Ogden, Griz visit Roos Saturday FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The scene was different but so much of last Saturday's Eastern Washington University season-opening 32-26 Big... Full story